Custom Race Idea.... The Living Weapon

[Garthanos]

The absorbtion in raw KE form is directly analogous the act of disenchanting an item into its essence

This is in A WIERD INVERSION the martial practice "The Riddle of Steel" where they assert they are better than just some magic item ... they are Primordial Artifacts

 

[AbdulAlhazred]

This is in A WIERD INVERSION the martial practice "The Riddle of Steel" where they assert they are better than just some magic item ... they are Primordial Artifacts

NO NO! I'M A RUST MONSTER! RRRRAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR! hahahaha.

 

[Garthanos]

NO NO! I'M A RUST MONSTER! RRRRAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRRRRR! hahahaha.

shhhhhhhh keep that reflavoring to yourself... imbue it in preparation and boom.

 

[Garthanos]

What if the Race is Primordial Artifact, with sub-races ... the most common of which is the living weapon, another sub-cases might be the sentient book.

 

[Garthanos]

What is the set of ingredients that are needed for a fully defined race.

Mayhaps background story and inspirations, sample names , core definitions, racial feats, themes, paragon paths, epic destinies????

 

[Tony Vargas]

Pixie's one of those annoying races that they didn't actually balance out correctly.

Nod...
But...

Mainly because they don't actually understand how altitude works.

???

 

[Thomas Bowman]

I think they are called intelligent weapons, If you want to play one, you need someone to pick you up with a weak mind so you can win an ego contest, and thus you have control over the body of whoever picks up the weapon that you are. What would you do next?

 

[Garthanos]

I think they are called intelligent weapons, If you want to play one, you need someone to pick you up with a weak mind so you can win an ego contest, and thus you have control over the body of whoever picks up the weapon that you are. What would you do next?

You could possess some minor NPC and boost them up to hero class sure HOWEVER Elric and Arthur and the most significant of this archetype of myth and legend and literature are not in the slightest of that ilk in fact arguably its pretty obvious the wielders were heroes in their own right they were Fated to great things.

 

[Thomas Bowman]

What if the person who picks you up is a 1st level Commoner Peasant, who plowed you up out of his field where one hundred years ago there was a great battle and your last wielder was slain? Somehow in the aftermath of that battle the sword got buried, and it only got plowed up again when the farmer was plowing his field for spring planting, because of its magic dweomer, the sword is not corroded from spending 100 years buried under the dirt. The farmer sees a valuable object in his field, and so he picks it up.

 

[Garthanos]

What if the person who picks you up is a 1st level Commoner Peasant, who plowed you up out of his field where one hundred years ago there was a great battle and your last wielder was slain? Somehow in the aftermath of that battle the sword got buried, and it only got plowed up again when the farmer was plowing his field for spring planting, because of its magic dweomer, the sword is not corroded from spending 100 years buried under the dirt. The farmer sees a valuable object in his field, and so he picks it up.

Thanks for your thoughts by the way.

If you wanted that to be your characters story shrug reflavor away gungadin.... Being able to posess a nobody and elevate them to a reflection of your status is probably a built in ability.

HOWEVER - If you were these arrogant potent items as mighty as a hero in your own right would you want to be bonded with that peasant who really isn't contributing anything to your symbiosis.

And you still would want something like the abilities which allows you to absorb other magic weapons (transfer their enchantments to you and similar abilities).

I think there is plenty of interesting elements for a race with a classic but different flavor to it.